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chill

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CHILL

to cause to lose heat <chill the gelatin for two hours, until it sets>

Synonyms chill, refrigerate

Related Words air-condition; freeze, frost, ice, quick-freeze, supercool; ventilate

Near Antonyms bake, boil, broil, steam; heat-treat, temper; microwave

Antonyms heat, toast, warm

to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety <you want to hang out with us and just chill this weekend?>

Synonyms chill, chill out [slang], decompress, de-stress, loosen up, mellow (out), unwind, wind down

Related Words unbend; bask, kick back, loll, lounge, repose, rest; bum, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, vegetate, veg out, zone out; alleviate, comfort, ease, relieve; calm, compose, cool, quiet, settle

Antonyms tense (up)

to lessen the courage or confidence of <investors chilled by the floundering economy>

Synonyms chill, daunt, demoralize, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, frustrate, unman, unnerve

Near Antonyms buoy (up), cheer, gladden; animate, enliven, invigorate; enforce, fortify, reinforce (also reenforce), strengthen; assure, reassure; boost, energize, excite, galvanize, inspire, lift, provoke, quicken, rally, stimulate, stir

Antonyms embolden, encourage, hearten, nerve, steel

to spend time doing nothing <instead of going out tonight, let's stay in and chill>

Synonyms bum, chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), hang about [British], kick around, kick back, laze, lazy, loaf, loll, lounge, veg out

Related Words fiddle (around), fool, mess, monkey, muck, piddle, play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle; doze, estivate (also aestivate), hibernate; lag, linger, loiter, poke, relax, rest, tarry; amble, mosey, saunter, stroll, swan; furlough, goldbrick, malinger, truant

Near Antonyms drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work; apply, buckle (down); exert, put out

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